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Adobe® After Effects® 6.5 Magic
By James Rankin, Anna Ullrich, Jason Croatto, Danielle Hietmuller
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Publisher: Peachpit Press
Pub Date: May 23, 2005
ISBN: 0-321-26723-0
Pages: 272

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		About the Authors
		About the Contributors
		Introduction
			How this book was written
			Who this book is for
			About this book and companion DVD
		Chapter 1.  Spinning Squares
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Building the Intro
			Building the Color Sequences
			Creating the End Tag
			Completing the Finished Spot
			Now Try This
		Chapter 2.  Falling Squares
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Building the Transitions
			Building Backdrops
			Building the Sections
			Finishing Touches
			Now Try This
		Chapter 3.  Wall of Squares
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Building the Background
			The Other Backgrounds
			Building More Elements
			Building the Sections
			The Big Finale
			Now Try This
		Chapter 4.  Designing Title Effects
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Creating the Title
			Dividing the Title
			Animating the Masks
			Creating the Title Blur
			Adding Flashes of Light
			Animating the Flare Brightness
			Creating the Comets
			Stretching the Title
			Now Try This
		Chapter 5.  Dancing Type
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Setting Up the Composition
			Animating the Background
			Creating the QUICKSTEP Logo
			Creating the Dancing Figure
			Pulling It All Together
			Now Try This
		Chapter 6.  Auto-Scaling Type
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Setting Up the Composition
			Creating the Text
			Scaling by Letter
			Creating the Fade-In Effect
			Building the First Background Layer
			Building the Second Background Layer
			Animating the Black End of the Ramp
			Creating a Surface Reflection
			Now Try This
		Chapter 7.  Animated Columns
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Building the Car Sequence
			Building the Layers
			Building the Columns
			Branding the Project
			Now Try This
		Chapter 8.  Animating with Illustrator
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Setting Up the Composition
			Setting Up Illustrator
			Creating the Letters' Paths
			Adding Stars for Each Letter
			Now Try This
		Chapter 9.  Corporate Open
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Creating the Background
			Scrolling Text
			Building the Gold Bar
			Adding the Logo Layer
			Applying the Sparks
			Creating a Flickering Light
			Now Try This
		Chapter 10.  Unscrambling Type
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Creating the Words
			Positioning the Text in 3D
			Randomizing the Text
			Staggering the Text
			Making 3D Look Easy
			Adding an Atmospheric Background
			Creating the Text Lights
			Now Try This
		Chapter 11.  Raining Slogans
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Creating the First Slogan
			Raining Letters into Place
			Flying through Text in 3D Space
			Clarifying the Text
			Adding the Slogans
			Flipping Venetian Blinds
			Sliding In the Phone Number
			Now Try This
		Chapter 12.  Sonic Promo
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Creating the First Speaker
			Animating with Audio
			Making a Pulsing Background
			Animating Illustrator Layers
			Putting the Beats Together
			Now Try This
		Chapter 13.  Sci-Fi Storm
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Creating Clouds
			Creating a Lightning Storm
			Creating a Planet
			Creating an Orbiting Title
			Assembling a Steel Box
			Animating the Steel Box
			Now Try This
		Chapter 14.  Station ID
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Creating the Background
			Adding the Scrolling Text
			Creating an Aperture
			Adding the News Channel
			Adding Text to the Channel
			Now Try This
		Chapter 15.  Fog of Text
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Creating Layers of Text
			Animating the Text
			Making a Woman Invisible
			Now Try This
		Chapter 16.  Fast and Easy Lighting
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Creating the Motion Background
			Extruding the Main Title
			Creating a Spotlight
			Now Try This
		Chapter 17.  Heartbeat Car Commercial
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Creating the Heartbeat
			Building the Heart Monitor
			Building the Movie Sequence
			Putting It All Together
			Now Try This
		Chapter 18.  Exotic Sketch-a-Car
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Sketching the Car
			Capturing a Still
			Animating the Sketch
			Adding the Three Movies
			Creating a Grid
			Adding the Background Car
			Now Try This
		Chapter 19.  Tracking Reflections
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Creating the First Reflection
			Creating the Second Reflection
			Parenting the Third Reflection
			Housekeeping
			Now Try This
		Chapter 20.  Designer's Corner
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Assembling the Background Sequence
			Getting the Big Picture
			Adding the TV Picture
			Revealing the Photo
			Now Try This
		Chapter 21.  Animated Filmstrip
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Creating the Filmstrip
			Adding More Film Frames
			Creating the Master Comp
			Animating the Filmstrip
			Now Try This
		Chapter 22.  Video Cubes
			It Works Like This
			Preparing to Work
			Creating the Cube
			Imploding the Cube
			Exploding the Cube
			Spinning the Box
			Adding Reading Material
			Adding the Command Line
			Revealing the Logo in Stripes
			Now Try This
		Index